Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

AFC3141 - Strategic management accounting

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Synopsis

The provision and use of management accounting information for strategy implementation, management planning, and control in organisations. The unit aims to provide an in-depth understanding of how performance management systems can be designed to support the strategy of an organisation. Issues related to the design, implementation and use of contemporary performance management systems and techniques are covered, as are behavioural aspects of management accounting systems.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

explain how management accounting systems can be designed to support corporate, business and operational strategies

apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with strategic management accounting and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFC3141.